Meanings
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1
noun
a former Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder
The bank charged two stivers for each small transfer.
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2
noun
a very small sum of money or something of little value; historical
The damaged cargo was not worth a single stiver.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch stuiver, the name of a small coin, and cognate with Middle Low German stuver. English also developed the figurative use for a negligible amount or value.